Fruit; Niederlausitz, Brandenburg, Germany; 5/2016 © Sonja Germer
Habit; Oberlausitz, Sachsen, Germany; 8/2011 © Julia Roeser
Foliage; Oberlausitz, Sachsen, Germany; 8/2011 © Julia Roeser
Lower surface of leaf dotted with black glands; Oberlausitz, Sachsen, Germany; 8/2011 © Julia Roeser
Plant with unripe fruit; Oberlausitz, Sachsen, Germany; 8/2011 © Julia Roeser
Identifier: 2408 Date of entry: 28.03.2015 Last update: 11.01.2020
English: Lingonberry
German: Preiselbeere
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Ericales (57)
Family: Ericaceae (28)(family description)
Genus: Vaccinium (5)
Epithet: vitis-idaea L. (1)
Climate: temperate
Habit: shrub
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